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‘The Wicklow Boys’ or ‘Across The Water’?
It’s been a long and winding road. That overused phrase is a good fit for the journey to the publication of my second novel. Nothing is agreed yet so the road can disappear over the horizon. While looking for a publisher and agent for Under The Bridge I took the online advice to start another… Continue reading
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The Lads of Garston
Printed with permission from Greg Quiery His book In Hardship and Hope is available from News From Nowhere. These are the lads of Garston,Who once ruled here, Who stroll on now. Easy. Putting in the long day. Walking the dog.Minding kids<Talking out the past. Here was their summers out of school Their muddy riviera, Where… Continue reading
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Jack Byrne writer and international footballer?
Who doesn’t love a bit chicken? So when I got an email asking if I liked Nando’s, I was curious as to why they were asking… but I replied of course I liked it. Then I got an email from the CEO of Nando’s Ireland; Hey Jack, How’s it going? Hope you don’t mind me… Continue reading
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Crisis What Crisis
I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks, for a couple of reasons I’ve been quite busy writing and doing the advertising and promotion side of things. I was also trying to make progress on the first draft of the fourth book. There is lots of editing and redrafting ahead. Including new drafts of the… Continue reading
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New Edition- On Amazon now.
This is the new cover for The One Road a collection of short stories from the world of The Liverpool Mysteries. If you liked Under The Bridge you will like this. A dark comedy, a buddy story, and a road trip all in one. The opening story in this collection follows Vinny, Kevin, and a… Continue reading
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A bone or a tibia?
‘Awful. Stopped reading it after a few minutes. Very disappointed. I’d be interested in what other readers think or was it just me that was disappointed.’ This is my only one star review on Amazon….so far, the average is 4 star. Overall I don’t think I can complain, and if the ratio stays the same… Continue reading
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The Real Crimes
I am booked to appear on a panel with two other ‘crime writers’ for the UK Crime Book Club on Facebook I will post a link when it comes around. But it got me thinking about UTB as crime novel, this might seem strange, but for me the book has always been primarily about the… Continue reading
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British Justice- My Arse!
The following exchange from Under The Bridge happens early in the book, the conversation is in The Dealers Arms in Garston, between Michael who is in his 60s and a younger Vinny. **** Michael changed the subject. ‘And what do you do? Vincent, is it?’ ‘I work in a shop in town, nothing very exciting.’… Continue reading
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A Love Letter to Liverpool?
Liverpool based author SE Moorhead https://semoorhead.com/ called Under The Bridge ‘A love letter to Liverpool with a touch of the Peaky Blinders’. I really liked this line and I have used it a number of times, its even on the cover of the book. I have to admit the first time I saw it, the… Continue reading
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Radio Interview
Short interview on Under The Bridge the Sean Styles show Radio Merseyside 14th March 2021 Continue reading
About Me
Thanks for visiting my page. The aim of this page is to let you know what I am working on and allow you to tell me what you think.
I was born and raised in Speke Liverpool, although my parents first lived ‘Under The Bridge’ in Garston, and all my family goes back to Wicklow in Ireland.
The Liverpool Mystery series will be four novels, three books; Under The Bridge, The Morning After, and Fire Next Time are finished. Under The Bridge will be published in Feb 2021 and I hope at least one more will follow later in the year. I am writing The Wicklow Boys now, and I hope to finish it next year.
My writing like my blog is about the lives of working people and how they relate to society as a whole.
My collection of short stories The One Road is available below click to see details.
Jack Byrne 